Common

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents

English


Pronunciation

Adjective

Positive
common

Comparative
commoner or more common

Superlative
commonest or most common

  1. Mutual; shared by more than one.
    The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.
    Winning the championship is an aim common to the two competitors.
  2. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
    It is common to find sharks off this coast.
  3. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity.
    Sharks are common in these waters.
  4. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
  5. (grammar{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}) In some languages, particularly Germanic languages, of the gender originating from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine categories of nouns.
  6. (English grammar) Said of a noun that can refer to a person of either sex, as "doctor" or "teacher".

Synonyms

Antonyms

See also

Translations

mutual

usual

found in large numbers or in a large quantity

ordinary

grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders

  • Swedish: utrum (noun; the Swedish common gender)
Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above, removing any numbers. Bear in mind that there are separate pages for different capitalisations. If a translation table directs the user to another page, then move the translation to that page.

When initially tagging an entry with this template, be sure to enclose each language in a {{ttbc|...}} tag to subcategorize it properly. For example, the line

*[[French]]: [[jour]] {{m}}<tt> should become <tt>*{{ttbc|French}}: [[jour]] {{m}}

Noun

common

  1. Mutual good, shared by more than one.
  2. a tract of land in common ownership

Translations

mutual good

tract of land

Derived terms

fr:common ko:common io:common it:common hu:common pt:common ru:common fi:common ta:common zh:common

Personal tools